title: [Dizziness: hypoglycemia, hypotension or spasmophilia?].
abstract: The consultation for dizziness is a common problem in clinical practice. Because of the apparent lack of specificity of the complaints, there is a rather high risk to prescribe a variety of sophisticated exams, which will not be very helpful in absence of a well oriented anamnesis and a pertinent clinical examination. The present paper aims at describing a global medical approach, essentially based upon a detailed anamnesis (semiological, chronological and therapeutical arguments), to which may be added a few simple clinical and technical complementary data. This strategy should allow obtaining quite easily pertinent arguments for a differential diagnosis between reactive hypoglycaemia, (orthostatic) hypotension, and hyperventilation crisis (spasmophilia).
authors.affiliation: Université de Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Scheen
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Philips
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Krzesinski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004244:Dizziness / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000150:complications*; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000150:complications*; D013746:Tetany / Q000150:complications*